An acute infectious disease of humans, particularly children, caused by any of three serotypes of human poliovirus (POLIOVIRUS). Usually the infection is limited to the gastrointestinal tract and nasopharynx, and is often asymptomatic. The central nervous system, primarily the spinal cord, may be affected, leading to rapidly progressive paralysis, coarse FASCICULATION and hyporeflexia. Motor neurons are primarily affected. Encephalitis may also occur. The virus replicates in the nervous system, and may cause significant neuronal loss, most notably in the spinal cord. A rare related condition, nonpoliovirus poliomyelitis, may result from infections with nonpoliovirus enteroviruses. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp764-5)
    

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A nurse tends a baby on a mothers lap within a map of Nigeria: immunization against polio in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Northern League of NGO's, ca. 1997.

Disabled children on crutches: preventing polio in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.

Children with orthopedic disorders. Twenty six pen drawings.

A nurse tends a baby on a mothers lap within a map of Nigeria: immunization of polio in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Northern League of NGO's, ca. 1997.

R.W.Lovett, Treatment of Infantile Paralysis

The treatment of infantile paralysis / by Oskar Vulpius ; translated by A. H. Todd.

Some people say that medical research uses too many animals ... : getting your facts straight / The Physiological Society.

Health facility action plan in the event of acute flaccid paralysis: treating polio in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.

Giovanni Battista Monteggia (Laveno 1762 - -Milano 1815) e la chiurgia milanese del suo tempo : atti del Convegno Internazionale, Laveno, 1. dicembre 2012 / a cura di Giuseppe Armocida, Andrea Frigo, Giuseppe Musumeci.

Poliomyelitis

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The treatment of infantile paralysis / by Oskar Vulpius ; translated by A. H. Todd.

Some people say that medical research uses too many animals ... : getting your facts straight / The Physiological Society.

Health facility action plan in the event of acute flaccid paralysis: treating polio in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.

Giovanni Battista Monteggia (Laveno 1762 - -Milano 1815) e la chiurgia milanese del suo tempo : atti del Convegno Internazionale, Laveno, 1. dicembre 2012 / a cura di Giuseppe Armocida, Andrea Frigo, Giuseppe Musumeci.

Infantile paralysis in Massachusetts during 1910.